Events

International Cooperation, Inclusion and Democracy in Higher Education in Brazil and Latin America

15/01/2026, Essen

Organiser: UA Ruhr Liaison Office Latin America

What significance does higher education have in Latin America, and Brazil in particular? What challenges does it face? In this lecture, Professor Sandra Regina Goulart Almeida, President of Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil) and a renowned expert in Brazil’s higher education landscape, will discuss the influence of international…

The Politics of Limits: Sustainability and Democracy in Times of Changing Climates

08/12/2025 - 09/12/2025, Essen

Could freedom and equality in democratic societies be at odds with restricting economic growth for the sake of sustainability? This interdisciplinary conference explores the relationship between republican restrictions of individual freedom and possible economic limitations, and the relationship between democratic justice and economic growth (at the level of both ideas and practices).

Ordinary Men. Perpetrator Memory in Spanish Culture

04/12/2025 - 05/12/2025

How do Spanish literature, film, and culture represent perpetrators in the context of the Civil War and Franco Dictatorship? Building on the ‘Ordinary Men’ thesis, the conference explores the concepts of complicity, bystanding, and perpetration in Spanish cultural memory.

Ceremonial Opening | College for Social Sciences and Humanities

01/12/2025, Essen

Closed event – invited guests only

Founded in 2021 as part of the Research Alliance Ruhr, the College for Social Sciences and Humanities has taken shape as an Institute for Advanced Study, with a design that is unique in Germany: it brings together outstanding international visiting scholars, permanent research professors, and mid-career researchers ‘under one roof’. By the end of 2025, most of…

Deep Dive into ICCS 2022 – Advanced Data Analysis of Large-Scale Assessment Data in R

28/11/2025, Essen

This workshop offers (early-career) researchers the opportunity to enhance their understanding of the methodological foundations and the analysis of large-scale assessment data (in particular ICCS). It is organised by the Civic Education Research Lab, a PostdocLab working group.

Social Memories and Collective Identities in the Context of Genocide

25/11/2025 - 26/11/2025, Essen

This transdisciplinary workshop challenges different approaches to social memories and collective identities in the context of genocidal social practices. It seeks to develop a nuanced understanding of memory and identity that goes beyond essentialised conceptions of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders.

Treffen des CHANCEN-Verbunds: Wissenschaftliche Begleitung und Forschung für das Startchancen-Programm

18/11/2025 - 19/11/2025, Essen

Organiser: Kompetenzzentrum Multiprofessionelle Schulentwicklung im Sozialraum, University of Duisburg-Essen

Sweaty Matters. Körper, Medien, Kühltechniken

13/11/2025, Essen | hybrid

Sweat has varying, partly contradictory cultural connotations. This workshop explores sweating in the context of cooling technologies, the media, and feminist infrastructures. The focus is on methodological, material and political questions: about skin, climate, affect, technology and textiles.

Global Sustainability Governance Workshop 2025: Growth (In)Dependencies

03/11/2025 - 04/11/2025, Essen

The concept of 'growth (in)dependence' asks how institutions should be designed to work with less or even without growth. This workshop addresses multi-level dimensions of growth (in)dependencies on the local, the national and the global level. It is organised by the research group 'Global Sustainability Governance'.

Was heißt Schwarze Archivpraxis? Von Leben und Lebendigkeit in Archiven

21/10/2025 - 22/10/2025, Essen

Based on the archival traces of the life and work of the Afro-German musician and peace activist Fasia Jansen, the event explores questions of archival authority, intimate attachments and institutional politics in the context of caring for Black histories. The evening event on 21 October encompasses insights from the archival process and a screening of a short film by Ali*ne B*enecke, calling to…